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Myrtle Beach Pelicans (2-3) at Charleston RiverDogs (3-2) vs. THE RIVERDOGS 2021 vs. RiverDogs .................................................................2-3 in Myrtle Beach .............................................................0-0 Sunday, May 9, 2021 - 5:05 p.m. in Charleston .................................................................2-3 Game No. 6 • Road Game No. 6 All-Time vs. Charleston ............................................ 2-3 (.400) Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, S.C. RHP Manuel Espinoza (0-1, 6.75 ERA) vs. LHP John Doxakis (0-0, 0.00 ERA) LAST TIME OUT shortstop taken in the five-round 2020 MLB draft as the PELICANS BY THE NUMBERS The Pelicans won their second-straight game against Cubs selected him 16th overall. The Chicaco native was Charleston on Saturday night 5-1. It was the pitching that ranked as the fourth-best prospect in the Cubs system by Record .........................................................................2-3 was the highlight for Myrtle Beach as five different arms Baseball America and fifth on MLB’s Cubs 2021 Prospect Home Record ............................................................0-0 collected a season high 13 strikeouts, including RHP Scott Rankings despite his lack of professional experience. Road Record ..............................................................2-3 Kobos, who struck out five of the six batters he faced. Howard was put on the national stage when playing for Current Streak .......................................................... W2 Luis Verdugo led the team offensively with a 2-4 night the Jackie Robinson West team that reached the 2014 including a double and a team-leading two RBI’s. Little League World Series. Known for his defense, How- ard will join the Pelicans this summer after graduating Runs Scored .........................................21 (4.2/G)/7th KING OF THE HILL from Mt. Carmel High School in 2020. Runs Allowed ..........................................25 (5/G)/5th In the first five games, OFDarius Hill has gone 8-24 Run Differential ..............................................-4/T-7th (.333), with a double and five RBIs. Last night marked the I’LL TRADE YOU THIS Low-A East, South Division Standing/GB ...4th/1 fourth time in the first five games that Hill has collected As a key piece in the trade that sent four-time MLB Current Standings Streak .......................4th/5 days at least one RBI. All-Star starting pitcher Yu Darvish from the Cubs to the Long Standings Strk .............................. 4th (May 4- Padres in December, shortstop Yeison Santana will begin KKKKKOBOS his tenure with the Cubs organization in Myrtle Beach. The Coastal Carolina alumnus Scott Kobos had the most The Dominican Republic product batted .346 with 30 RBIs Series Record.............................................................0-0 impressive pitching performance last night, as he entered in the 2019 season with the Padres’ Arizona League team. Series Streak ..................................................................0 the game with two runners on base and nobody out in Pelicans’ Sweeps ..........................................................0 the bottom of the sixth. Kobos struck out the next three I LOVE COLLEGE Sweeps of the Pelicans ..............................................0 batters, and collected two more the next inning to put The roster also features talent from some of the best down five of the six batters he faced on the strikeout. college baseball programs in the country, as seven Batting Average/Rank .............................. .188/11th Kobos now has seven K’s on the year which leads the Power-5 schools are represented throughout the club. On-Base Percentage ................................. .250/12th team. The Pelicans will have two-former members of the Big 12 in infielderRyan Reynolds (Texas) and outfielder Slugging Percentage ................................ .306/10th BUDDY’S BACK Darius Hill (West Virginia). Hill was a two-time All-Big 12 OPS ................................................................. .556/11th A familar face will be leading the Pelicans in 2021 as Second Team member in 2016 and 2018. Two members Strikeouts ........................................................62/T-5th Buddy Bailey returns to manage the club for his second of the ACC will also join the Pelicans as left-handed Walks ..................................................................10/12th stint in Myrtle Beach. Bailey previously led the Pelicans pitcher Adam Laskey (Duke) and infielderGrayson Byrd Hits .....................................................................32/T-9th from 2016-18, and will be coaching his 15th season in (Clemson) will bring their talents to Myrtle Beach. The Doubles ...........................................................12/T-2nd the Cubs organization. During his first three years with Big Ten will send two players to the beach as 2019 All-Big Triples ................................................................. 1/T-6th the Pelicans, Bailey recorded 216 wins, three half-season Ten First Team outfielderJordan Nwogu will trade out Southern Division Championship titles, one Southern the maze and blue of the University of Michigan for the Home Runs .........................................................2/10th Division Championship title, and the Carolina League Pelicans blue and gold, and right-handed pitcher Sam Stolen Bases........................................................0/12th Championship in 2016. In 2017, Bailey became just the Thoresen (Minnesota) will also help out the pitching staff. 11th minor league manager to reach the 2,000-win Nwogu was the third-round selection for the Cubs in the Errors .................................................................3/T-10th plateau- he currently sits with 2,140. 2021 wil be his 33rd 2020 draft.Jake Reindl (Arkansas) comes out of the SEC season as a minor league manager. where he pitched for the Razorbacks from 2016-18. ERA .....................................................................4.71/9th Strikeouts ..................................................... 49/T-11th A NEW ERA PELICAN POINTS After competing in the former Carolina League since the The opening series against the RiverDogs is the first Walks .....................................................................23/5th club’s founding in 1999, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans will regular-season series played between the two-South Hits Allowed .......................................................37/7th join the Low-A East, South Division for the 2021 season. Carolina teams. They met for the “Battle of the Beaches” Home Runs ...........................................................6/3rd The move is apart of a larger restructuring of Minor exhibition series from 2017-2019. WHIP ..................................................................1.43/9th League Baseball that saw a downsizing from 160 total teams to 120. The Pelicans will remain an affiliate of the The Pelicans’ home-opener is slated for May 11th against Chicago Cubs for the seventh season. the Augusta GreenJackets at 7:05 PM. LOW-A EAST STANDINGS TOP CUBBIE SOUTH Highlighting the Pelicans’ roster in 2021 is the Cubs’ Augusta 3-2 -- first-round draft pickEd Howard. Howard was the first Charleston 3-2 -- Columbia 2-3 1 Myrtle Beach 2-3 1 THE WEEK AHEAD NORTH DATE TIME OPPONENT PELICANS STARTER OPP. STARTER Lynchburg 5-0 -- 05/10 OFF Delmarva 3-2 2.0 Salem 2-3 3.0 05/11 7:05 p.m. vs. Augusta GreenJackets Adam Laskey (0-1) Fredricksburg 0-5 5 05/12 7:05 p.m. vs. Augusta GreenJackets Sam Thoresen (0-1) CENTRAL 05/13 7:05 p.m. vs. Augusta GreenJackets Richard Gallardo (0-0) Down East 5-0 -- 05/14 7:05 p.m. vs. Augusta GreenJackets DJ Herz (0-0) Carolina 4-1 1 05/15 6:05 p.m. vs. Augusta GreenJackets Manuel Espinoza (0-1) Fayetteville 1-4 4 05/16 6.05 p.m. vs. Augusta GreenJackets Adam Laskey (0-1) Kannapolis 0-5 5 BIRD DROPPINGS - OF Darius Hill has collected five RBIs in the first five games for Myrtle Beach. On May 4, he brought home two runs on - The 0-3 start was the first for Myrtle Beach since the 2014 season, when the Pelicans dropped their first four games an RBI double. On May 5, he knocked in one run with a single in the eighth inning. The following day, he brought home to the Salem Red Sox. The Birds would go on to finish 82-56 en route to a Carolina League championship game another run with a single in the ninth inning. Hill singled in the second inning on 5/8 for his fifth RBI hit. appearance. - 2020 Cubs first-round pick Ed Howard has struck out in 10 of his first 18 at bats to start his professional career. He’s had three games in a row with three strikeouts. PAGE 2 • 2021 MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS GAME NOTES SITUATIONAL RECORDS & MISC., HIGHS AND LOWS PELICANS SITUATIONAL RECORD Against the 2021 Opponents Pitching Number of Days (in division) Team Total Home Road With a RHSP ....................................................................................1-2 In first place ........................................................................................0 vs. Low-A East, North................0-0......................0-0 ..........................0-0 With a LHSP ....................................................................................1-1 In second place .................................................................................0 vs. Lynchburg ..............................0-0......................0-0 ..........................0-0 Starter throws 5.0-plus